Japan's pro baseball league to delay season over coronavirus

TOKYO, Japan, March 9 Kyodo - Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Atsushi Saito speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 9, 2020, after an extraordinary meeting of representatives of Japan's 12 professional baseball teams. The decision was reached at the meeting to delay the start of the season, originally scheduled for March 20, due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

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